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Rarotonga

Background: Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965 residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. The emigration of skilled workers to New Zealand and government deficits are continuing problems.



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Muri Beach
5 hours ago: Krauss published a blog
Muri Beach
August 8th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
A few days ago did a run past Muri - few kilometers down the road - which is a popular resort village type thing. So I decided to go down and take some pictures of the lovely blue water. that m ... 5 photos [full story]

Rarotonga
23 hours ago: Karen and Matt published a blog
Rarotonga
August 10th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
Today was a sunny day so we hit the beach at Muri lagoon. We took a bit of a picnic with us and spent the day laying on the beach and swimming. We got quite sunburnt and then went back to make a start ... 5 photos [full story]

Rarotonga
10 days ago: Karen and Matt published a blog
Rarotonga
August 9th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
We got up bright and early to catch the bus as Saturday is market day in town and it’s a big affair where most of the islanders visit. We browsed around the market (mostly food and craft stalls ... 11 photos [full story]

Rarotonga
11 days ago: Karen and Matt published a blog
Rarotonga
August 8th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
Having done very little all week, we made up for it today by cramming a lot in. We started the day on a Raro Safari tour. This was an off road landrover tour to see high points on the island and le ... 17 photos [full story]

Funny Money
11 days ago: Jen and Nick published a blog
Funny Money
August 9th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
So we got here Monday morning after a 10 hour red eye flight from LA. We're staying at the International Backpackers and the bunch there are more friendly than in America. We thought we'd walk into to ... 5 photos [full story]

Rarotonga
12 days ago: Karen and Matt published a blog
Rarotonga
August 7th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
We got bitten something rotten after spending the evening on the balcony last night. Well, when I say ‘we’ I mean Matt. I got one bite and Matt got lots of bites. Next time we’ll re ... 7 photos [full story]

Rarotonga
12 days ago: Karen and Matt published a blog
Rarotonga
August 6th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
Matt was still poorly when we woke up so we couldn’t do anything much today. I set off to the shops to buy him some juice as that was all that he felt he could stomach. I wandered down to th ... 2 photos [full story]

Rarotonga
12 days ago: Karen and Matt published a blog
Rarotonga
August 5th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
We set off with our beach bag packed towards the main resorts as they are on the best strip of sand and on the way popped into a deli for an expensive, but very tasty, pain au chocolate. We priced up ... 3 photos [full story]

Rarotonga, Cook Islands
12 days ago: Karen and Matt published a blog
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
August 4th 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
I thought we’d sleep in all morning but actually we were too excited as we wanted to get up and explore. By 8.30am we set off along the beach to check out the resorts, restaurants and waterspor ... 9 photos [full story]

19 days ago: Krauss published a blog
Getting Settled
August 2nd 2008  Oceania » Cook Islands » Rarotonga
So now I've been here a few days and am starting to get settled. The canoe club around here doesn't paddle every day and it's Constitution week - meaning many places are closed - so I havn't ha ... [full story]


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